Table 1

Demographic and death characteristics of poisoning decedents by intent in Utah, 2002

	Unintentional (n = 41)		Suicide (n = 87)		Undetermined (n = 84)		p Value§
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	p Value§
*Sample size reduced to n = 211 due to missing information.
†Sample size reduced to n = 210 due to missing information.
‡Defined as any medical contact in the interval between administration of the poison and death (emergency medical services, emergency department, or inpatient admission).
§Reflects analysis of variance for age and χ² test for all other variables.
Age	41 years	10.0	43 years	14.4	38 years	10.1	0.03
	n	%	n	%	n	%	p Value§
Male	28	68%	41	47%	56	67%	0.01
White*	41	100%	87	100%	83	100%	NA
Married†	18	45%	32	37%	31	37%	0.65
Education*
<High school	11	27%	11	13%	13	15%
High school	15	37%	41	48%	45	54%
>High school	15	37%	34	40%	26	31%	0.20
Employed	17	41%	33	38%	28	33%	0.65
Injured at residence	34	83%	68	78%	67	80%	0.82
Medical contact‡	29	71%	42	48%	53	63%	0.03